La promoción de la salud general y la salud oral: una estrategia conjunta

Abstract

Latin America is populated by approximately 600 million inhibitants living in 20 countries, from Mexico and the Caribean in the north to Argentina and Chile in the south, and although they have a varied social and economic development, oral diseases are common and affect a significant percentage of the population. This article describes a public health strategy to control both chronic, non-communicable disease and periodontal and oral disease, based on health promotion and disease prevention outside of dental clinics.